BONUS: The Power of Prayer

Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids

Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting

Christianity, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us” (1 John 5:14)

One amazing way our kids can know more about God is through prayer. The practice of prayer involves talking to God and listening to God. We tend to be better at the talking part because, with the busyness of our lives, it can be a real challenge to slow ourselves down and listen to God! But we can’t hear a whisper when we’re running. As parents, our role is to help guide our kids into a mature faith where they can quiet themselves enough to hear God’s voice.

Prayer should not be an afterthought in our minds. Going to God and conversing with him should be our first thought when we start a new day, face a dilemma, or experience something great! We know prayer changes things. Prayer transforms hearts, renews minds, and gives us peace that passes all understanding. We need to remember that promise because God, who wants to talk with us, will answer every prayer. It might just look different than we expect – sometimes “no” is an answer and other times we won’t understand how he answered a prayer until much later, or even heaven.

So this week let’s pray that our kids stand in confidence, knowing that God always hears them and wants to talk with them.

Lord, may ______________ make prayer a priority in their schedule. When something happens, may their first instinct be to talk to you about it, not anybody else. I pray they learn to hear your voice, submit to your will, and deepen their relationship with you through prayer. Give them an eternal perspective, knowing that all their prayers may not be answered in the way they envision, but they will be answered in your perfect way. May they grow to be a mighty prayer warrior, confident in the transforming power of prayer. Amen.

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0:00.0	Christian Parenting.
0:03.0	Hey, friends. Okay, welcome back. We are on week five, and we are praying about a life of faith for our kids. And this week, I always
0:22.5	have it marked and then I move on. Okay, this week is about the power of prayer. And we're going to get
0:26.7	to that in a second, but a couple of things. Up front, do y'all remember making fun of your mom?
0:32.2	I'm like, what is she some sort of idiot? Like, I now spill things all the time, like right on my chest on the boob area.
0:39.8	Like I was walking around a shower the other day with like cheese dip. So embarrassing. And then now I
0:44.5	also park crooked. Does anybody else park crooked? I'm like, I've been parking straight for 47
0:49.1	years. Like, is that a sign of perimenopause that you just can't get your car in the spot? I mean, I don't know
0:54.9	what's happening. Lord, help us. Okay, so one more tactical, practical thing that you probably
1:01.4	don't need to know, but I'm going to ask you about. Can you guys leave a review? Did you know
1:05.2	as many of you listen on Mondays for these prayer episodes as you do on Thursdays. And that just shows me who you are and that you're so committed to praying for your kids.
1:13.7	But other moms still don't know about this.
1:15.2	So would you do me a huge favor?
1:16.8	Go on over to wherever you listen to podcast and just leave a quick review, specifically
1:20.9	about the Monday prayer episodes, because maybe somebody's searching for that and they will
1:25.2	find our community.
1:26.5	I was thinking about randomly
1:28.1	Damar Hamlin. Do you remember, I don't know when it was a couple years ago, NFL player that
1:33.0	literally coded and about died on the field and how many people rallied together to pray for that
1:39.1	player. And I have a few friends because my life is is weird, that are wives of NFL players.
1:45.7	And they sent out like a quick, urgent text to a bunch of people and said, there's a Zoom right now with NFL wives praying for Demar that he won't die.
1:54.2	And so I got on there because I'm not an NFL wife, but I was like, I'll pray.
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